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Airship Hindenberg: View Inside the Engine

c. 1936

Alfred Tritschler

(German, 1905–1970)
Culture
Germany, 20th century
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 23.4 x 17.4 cm (9 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 2007.134
Copyright
© Dr. Paul Wolff & Tritschler, D-77654 Offenburg, Germany
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Tritschler shows the Hindenburg, based in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in flight during its first trip to South America. The photographer, who had been hired to document the voyage, used a Leica, a relatively new German 35 mm camera. Its small size and light weight allowed it to be handheld at many different angles and to be used in restricted, unstable places such as this engine compartment, which would have been quite difficult to photograph in flight with a bulkier camera requiring a tripod. One year later, while attempting to dock in New Jersey, the Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed. The accident extinguished confidence in the use of rigid airships for passenger travel.

Airship Hindenberg: View Inside the Engine

c. 1936

Alfred Tritschler

(German, 1905–1970)
Germany, 20th century

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